In a C-Span Galaxy Far, Far Away…

The beauty of the internet—and particularly a website like YouTube—is that it’s becoming harder and harder for a politician to have selective memory once he or she is ultimately elected.

UPDATE: David Theroux posted this relevant news article to this Facebook page:

WHITE HOUSE: WE WILL NOT DISCUSS BROKEN C-SPAN PROMISE

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to answer questions about the president’s campaign commitment to hold health-care negotiations on C-Span. Gibbs said he had not seen a letter from C-Span’s Brian Lamb to congressional leaders requesting the coverage and thus could not comment on it.

On Wednesday, Gibbs was asked again about the C-Span commitment. The story had gotten pretty big in the intervening time, and presumably Gibbs had had a chance to familiarize himself with it. So reporters tried for a second day to get him to comment on the president’s commitment to holding televised health-care talks. Gibbs’ answer? “We covered this yesterday.” Gibbs referred reporters to the transcript of Tuesday’s briefing and said, “The answer I would give today is similar.”

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6:37 am on January 7, 2010